The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 28, 2014
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 178.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.33° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.36° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.